CEO'S SECRET CRUSH

Chapter 7 flying high

DANIELS POV.

I wake up on the sofa. Mia actually slept all night and made it to the bed last night before falling asleep. After my parents left we watched a film. My mum seems to really like Mia. Even insisted Mia lets her know when she returns, so they can have lunch together.

"Morning" says Leah

"Hey what time are you going out for your friend's birthday?" I ask.

"In an hour we are off to a spa for the day before we go clubbing" she says.

"Okay do you want me to collect you when you finished clubbing?" I ask wanting to make sure she will get home safe.

"No I've already prebooked a taxi for midnight that way I can see Mia off tomorrow before she goes" Leah says.

"Alright take the spare keys" I say.

"I will do, right I need to go get ready I was just checking if your up yet or not" she says.

"I've not long woke up, do you want some pancakes before you go?" I ask Leah.

"Hell yeah I will be back in 20 minutes for pancakes" she says running out the room.

I shake my head laughing that girl and the pancakes always makes me laugh.

"I want 4 she shouts from the hallway".

15 minutes later I've got pancakes on the go cooking, And I decide to put on some music to sing along to.

We should take this back to my place"

That's what she said right to my face

'Cause I want you bad

Yeah, I want you, baby

I've been thinking 'bout it all day

And I hope you feel the same way, yeah

'Cause I want you bad

Yeah, I want you, baby

Slow, slow hands

Like sweat dripping down our dirty laundry

No, no chance

That I'm leaving here without you on me

I, I know

Yeah, I already know that there ain't no stopping'

Your plans and those

Slow hands (woo)

Slow hands

I just want to take my time

We could do this, baby, all night, yeah

'Cause I want you bad

Yeah, I want you, baby

Slow, slow hands

Like sweat dripping down our dirty

As I turn around to flip the pancake I see Mia as the pancake flies into the air.

"Don't stop on my count" says Mia as the pancake lands on my head.

"Ah" I quickly put the pan down and bin the pancake.

Mia is laughing full on laughing as well.

"What's so funny" asks Leah

"Well I walked in and see your brother shaking his booty while singing Niall horen, slow hands. I found it amusing

So I stayed quite then Daniel turned around flipped a pancake, he clocked me and the pancake landed on his head" Mia says while laughing.

"Oh, this is so embarrassing" I say

"Well I would have loved to of seen that" say Leah.

"Well your now one pancake short for your breakfast" I say to Leah who is now laughing with Mia.

Damn, although it's embarrassing I'm glad to see Mia's laughing even if it's because a pancake landed on my head I think to myself.

"Alright if you two are done laughing, who wants breakfast? Mia do you want pancakes as well?" I ask.

"Oh, I'd love pancakes please" Mia says.

"How many would you like?" I ask.

"Two please" Mia asks.

"Mia once I've eaten my breakfast I have to spend the day with a friend for her birthday. But I will see you in the morning, Daniel will be spending the day with you is that alright?" Leah says.

"Yeah go have fun! Honestly I will be fine" says Mia.

"I'm going to quickly call my dad then I will be back for breakfast" says Mia.

"Okay then it will be around 15 minutes" I inform Mia.

"Thanks" she says heading off to ring her dad.

"That's the first time I've heard Mia really laugh" says Leah.

"I know, although it was embrassing I was glad to see her happy briefly, so it was worth the embarrassment" I say smiling.

"Bro you have got it bad" Leah says in her giggle girlie voice.

"Yeah at first it was a general crush but as I start to get to know Mia I'm starting to really like her" I say smiling

"Well I hope she realises it soon. I reckon she may like you as well" Leah says.

"Really?" I ask shocked.

"I reckon so, but right now isn't the time she is wrapped up in her grief. Just give it a few weeks before you make your move" says Leah.

"Okay, thanks" I say grateful for Leah's input.

"Right, I need to go I will see you later have fun with Mia" Leah winks at me as she heads out with the remaining pancake in her hand.

"Have fun with your friends" I say.

10 minutes later Mia reappears

"Not singing now?" she says

"No, but I finished the breakfast. Here you go" I say while handing over the plate of food to Mia.

"That's a shame you have a nice singing voice" she says.

"You're too kind, it isn't that nice" I protest.

"No, you're wrong! You have a lovely singing voice, not to sure about your dance moves though" she winks taking the pancakes.

"Looks like I need to take dance lessons then, fancy being my teacher?" I ask

"I didn't say I could dance" says Mia laughing at my suggestion.

"I bet you can dance though" I say.

"I don't really dance it's not my thing" she says.

"Okay then, so what would you like to do today?" I ask changing the subject.

"Are you sure you don't need to be at the company?" Mia asks.

"No, they can survive without me today its fine honestly" I respond.

"Okay then, but I don't know what to honestly" she says while thinking about it.

Damn it even Mia's thinking face is cute and sexy as hell I think to myself.

MIA'S POV

Me and Daniel eat our pancakes while I try to think of something to do today, but honestly I have no idea what to do.

"Daniel I don't know what to do, do you have any ideas? Although I'd rather go somewhere that's not crowded or noisy." I ask.

"Hmm, you know what I know the perfect thing, be ready for a hours time" says Daniel

"Where are we going?" I ask.

"It's a surprise, but when I'm stressed its something I love to do. I think it's the perfect thing for you. Trust me your love it." He says. Then Daniel walks out to the balcony to make a phone call.

I wonder what it is I think to myself heading towards the bedroom to get ready.

An hour later I'm ready wearing white Jeans with a red strappy top. I've even straightened me hair.

" Alright I'm ready" I say to Daniel who walks in, coming back from his bedroom. He is wearing black jeans and a white shirt, the top 2 buttons undone.

"Okay, let's go" he says.

When we are in the lift I notice we are going up. "Um Daniel why is the lift going up? I thought you were on the top floor" I ask confused.

"I am, but we are going to the rooftop" he says.

"Why would we need to go to the roof though?" I question.

"Your see" Daniel says while giving nothing away except a smile.

Then the doors open and there's a freaking helicopter right here on the rooftop.

"You have a helicopter" I say surprised

"Yes, I rang someone to drop it off and get clearance for flying today" he says as if it's a standard day-to-day activity.

"Flying we are going in the helicopter?" I ask stunned by this. Then realise it must be the stupidest question ever since a helicopter is right in front of me.

"Yes, come on" he says.

"Hang on, Where's the pilot" I ask looking at Daniel

"You're looking at him" he says smiling and looking amused at my stunned response to this whole thing.

"You! You're the pilot? You can fly this thing" I say completely shocked.

"Yes, when I'm stressed I love to fly. I learned when I was 22, you said you wanted somewhere not crowded and quite which made me think of when I'm flying. Minus the helicopter blades it's very peaceful to fly" Daniel says while watching my every response.

"Oh, okay then I've never been in a helicopter before" I say.

"Then today is your lucky day, come on let's get going" says Daniel

As we approach the helicopter Daniel opens the door. Then he turns to me and says "Are you ready?"

"As ready as I ever will be" I responded with a nervous smile, although I've got butterflies in my stomach at thought of being in the helicopter.

Then he lifts Me up as I try to climb in. "Thanks" I say blushing. This is like a dream I think to myself.

Then Daniel closed the door before then getting into the pilots seat next to me.

"Okay let me check your seat belt is all done correctly" he says.

"Sure" I say and Daniel checks the straps are tight enough adjusting them accordingly. "There you go. Now take these" he says handing earphones with a mic attached. "There so we can talk to each other" he adds.

"This feels like a dream" I say.

"Just wait until we are in the air, it gets better" he says.

Daniel then straps himself in and putting his headphones on.

He then checks some switches while talking to a control room about the take-off.

The blades start up, and I hear Daniel say "Alright, are you ready to go up?" As he looks at me,

I give a thumbs up then the helicopter starts to go up.

My stomach is doing flips adjusting to the take-off feeling.

DANIELS POV

Half hour into flying I can see Mia is loving it she is glued to looking around

" This is amazing" says Mia

"I know, it certainly beats a day in the office" I say

"Definitely, I can see why you like flying it's so exciting" she says

We left London and was flying around the areas by London.

It's so amazing seeing the city's, the sea rivers and Country sides from up here" she says

"I know, it's always changing as well where things get knocked down, and new things built all the time. It's also lovely at night when you see all the lights on in the city" I inform her.

"I'd love to see it at nighttime" Mia says.

"We can do that! Let me know when and I will show you" I say

"Really?" Mia asks sounding a little excited at thought of it.

"Of course, I love flying I'd happily take you one night" I respond.

"Thanks and not just for this for everything." Mia says

"Anytime" I say.

She doesn't need to thank me, so long as I get to see Mia smile I don't care what we do, just to see her smiling is worth anything I think to myself.

An hour later we have just landed on the rooftop to my penthouse.

"Here let me help you unbuckle the clip" I say.

"Thanks that was so awesome" Mia says.

I just smile as I unclip us both and jump out. I quickly rush round to help Mia of the helicopter as well.

"Here let me help" I say holding her hips and lifting her down.

"Mr Wicks" says Josh.

"Hi Josh make sure my baby gets back in one piece" I say turning to face him.

"Will do, sir" Josh says

"Madam" he says to Mia

"Hi" say Mia as we walk towards the lift.

"Rosie is going to have a fit when I tell her, I've been in a helicopter" Mia says.

"How long have you and Rosie been friends?" I ask

"For as long as I can remember, what about you have you got any close friends?" She asks me.

"Yeah there's Ben, cliff and Owen. We have been friends since I started senior school. We get together every two weeks for boys night. They all own their own business as well" I say.

"That's good you have friends, and it's not all just work you get to have fun as well" Mia says.

"Defiantly we are getting together next weekend for poker night" I say.

"That sounds like fun" she says.

"I'm sure it will be, Owen just got married, so we haven't seen him since the wedding a month ago, I'm looking forward to catching up with him" I say.

"What about Ben and cliff are they married?" Mia asks.

"Ben is gay and recently single again. I'm hoping he finds a good man he deserves it. Cliff is engaged due to get married next year" I say.

"Cool" says Mia.

"Would you like some lunch?" I ask.

"How about I help you with lunch?" Mia suggests.

"Okay then what do you want?" I ask.

"How about pasta with salad?" Asks Mia

"Sounds good to me" I say.

With that we make our way to the kitchen to start making lunch.

I get everything out. Mia starts chopping cucumber while I put the pasta on to cook.

"Alexa plays the top twenty charts" I say.

Music starts playing, and I opt to chop the onion.

"Hmm hmm mm mm hmm" I can hear from Mia as she is grating cheese.

"You can sing if you like" I say smiling at Mia holding back from signing.

"No, that's okay. I just like the background music" Mia says.

"Okay" then I smile.

Before long we have both finished chopping the salad stuff.

"How about some wine?" I ask Mia.

"Actually could I have a beer please" Mia says.

"You like beer?" I ask.

"Yeah a nice cold beer beats sometimes wine" she says smiling.

I open us a beer each before straining the pasta.

Soon we are sat eating our lunches while enjoy the beers as well.

I'm actually going to miss having Mia around when she goes back to her home town. It's been so nice having her here with me, I think to myself.

"What time do you want to leave tomorrow?" I turn and ask Mia.

"Um can we leave after lunch? I don't want to be back to early" she says.

"Yeah, that's fine it will only take a couple of hours to drive down. So whenever your ready" I reply.

"Thanks, I'm not looking forward to it, but I am at the same time. I can't wait to see all my loved ones, but it also means saying goodbye to my mum" Mia says while starting to cry.

I sit next to Mia and take her hands in mine.

"Mia, I know it won't be easy for you, it's going to be a hard time just take it a day at a time. And if you ever need to talk you can call me day or night okay?" I say

"Okay, thank you" she says wiping her eyes.

We spent the rest of the day binge-watching NCIS since we both like it.

Mia went to bed around 9pm, while I stayed awake making sure Leah got home safe.

MIA'S POV

I didn't sleep well. But I didn't get out of bed either, I didn't want to wake Daniel up. I kept tossing and turning dreading the thought of having to go home and Bury my mum. I even cried for 2 hours straight during the night.

Likewise, I'm currently in the bathroom looking in the mirror applying the cream Sue gave me. Not that it's helping much, my eyes look exhausted, and I've got puffy eyes with black circles underneath them.

I can't be bothered with make up. I know it's going to get ruined, the second I see my dad and Rosie I will be crying again.

Furthermore, I take one last look in the mirror and decide the pink dress will do. It hugs to my figure with a Kris cross strap on my back. It comes down to just above my knees. Being in a car for a few hours I figured something cool to wear would be best.

I put on my black heels. Then I do a messy bun leaving a few stands down here and there and head out for breakfast.

"Wow you look hot! Doesn't she Daniel!" Leah says

"Thanks, but I know I look awful! These circles under my eyes look awful" I say

"No you look good" Says Daniel smiling at me.

"Thanks" I say but not believing any of them. I know, I look awful but appreciate there kindness.

"Now Mia, remember you can call me day or night, and must let me know when you come back, so we can catch up. We can catch a film or lunch" Leah says.

"Okay, I promise to let you know when I'm coming back" I say.

"Talking of which Michelle messaged me this morning, she asked how I am and do I know when I will be back, as the company policy is two weeks" I say.

"Don't worry, I will sort it you take as long as you need like I said. Okay?" Daniel says.

" Thanks" I say.

Two hours later and Daniel is driving me home. Sue rang before I left wishing me well and saying I can also message or call anytime. They have all been so lovely to me, I feel like I've made some really lovely friends.

I never in my wildest dreams thought I'd be friends with my boss and his family when I moved to London. But these past few days they have all amazed me when I've felt so low. I will never forget there kindness.

When I go back to London I will have to do something nice to thank them all and show them how grateful I am for all the support they have given me.

I look at Daniel who is busy focusing on the motorway driving, he has a serious look when he is driving I think to myself.

"Have you ever been to Bournemouth before?" I ask striking up a conversation.

"Yes, a few times to the beach. I loved it there" he says without taking his eyes off the road but smiling.

"Yeah the beach is very good, but gets packed in this heat. Then it's bare in the winter. And the sea life centre is perfect to, I love going there watching all the fishes swimming" I say.

"Is that place still there? I remember going in their years ago" he asks.

"Yeah it's still going strong" I reply.

"I will have to visit it again one day" Daniel says.